List of Countries That No Longer Exist 2022

Our globe is more dynamic than you would expect. Entire nations come and go as a result of geopolitical pressures. North Macedonia, a successor state to the former Yugoslavia previously known as the Republic of Macedonia, was welcomed into the global community in 2019. Not to mention regions like Tibet, whose very identity as a nation is under question.

Governments, republics, and lands have virtually vanished from the map. Some people alter their countries’ names, and others are divided into distinct entities. Many countries lost their sovereignty after being taken over by others. Hence, ancient countries no longer exist. None of these countries is recognised as existing states by the international community.

Take notice, history buffs and globe travellers. These are nations and some ancient countries that no longer exist.

A-List of Countries That No Longer Exist

Abyssinia

Abyssinia – now known as Ethiopia, was a northeast African empire. In the early twentieth century, it was divided into the Eritrean and Ethiopian states.

Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary (commonly abbreviated as the Austro-Hungarian Empire) is a country in Central Europe. It was a monarchy founded in 1867. It covered Austria, Hungary, parts of the Czech Republic, Italy, Romania, Poland, and the Balkans. The empire fell apart towards the conclusion of the First World War. 

Bengal

Bengal was a southern Asian sovereign state that lasted from 1338 until 1539. Since then, the territory has been partitioned between the states of India and Bangladesh, and it is one of the countries that no longer exist in Asia.

Corsica

Many nations have controlled this Mediterranean island throughout its history, yet it has experienced several brief spells of freedom. Corsica is presently a French division.

Burma

Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is in the southeast region of Asia. Due to its violations of religious freedom, the United States has regarded Burma (Myanmar) as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) and doesn’t recognise it.

Colombia Grande

From 1819 to 1830, Gran Colombia was a country in South America that comprised what are now Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, and Ecuador. It was dissolved when Venezuela and Ecuador left the union.

Granada, New

From 1819 to 1830, this South American republic was a part of Gran Colombia, then from 1830 to 1858, it was an independent nation. It was renamed the Grenadine Confederation in 1858, The United States of New Granada in 1861, followed by the United States of Colombia in 1863, and eventually, Colombia became a republic in 1886.

The Ottoman Empire

This empire, known as the Turkish empire, began approximately 1300 BC and grew to cover areas of modern Russia, the Balkans, Hungary, Turkey, northern Africa, and the Middle East. It came to an end in 1923 when Turkey claimed independence from the empire’s remnants. The Ottoman Empire is one of the ancient countries that no longer exist.

Prussia

In 1660, Prussia was upgraded to the rank of Duchy, and in the following century, to the position of Kingdom. It encompassed the northeastern two-thirds of current Germany and western Poland at its most extensive. It was completely disbanded towards the conclusion of the First World War. 

England, Scotland, and Wales

Despite recent improvements in autonomy, both Wales and Scotland were sovereign states that eventually joined with England to establish the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Taiwan

Taiwan still exists. However, it is not usually seen as an independent country. But, it truly represented China at the United Nations until 1971.

Texas

The Texas republic proclaimed independence in 1836 from Mexico, and it was an independent nation until 1845 when the United States annexed it.

Tibet

Tibet, a seventh-century empire, was conquered by China around 1950. It has since been recognised as China’s Xizang Autonomous Region.

Soviet Socialist Republics Union (USSR)

This was the most powerful communist nation in the world for decades. Moldova, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, and Tajikistan were formed in 1991 by Soviet Socialist Republics Unions(USSR).

United Arab Republic

Non-neighboring Syria and Egypt formed the United Arab Republic in 1958. Syria left the coalition in 1961, even though Egypt preserved the title of the United Arab Republic again for a decade.

Conclusion

There are various probable reasons for a nation’s demise. Some nations joined together to create (or restructure, as in East and West Germany), and some countries broke up. Many countries’ alignments and existence were severely disrupted during World War I and II. Some countries are ancient countries that no longer exist, while many have been annexed, and others have either been invaded or assimilated. Finally (and least disastrously), some countries had stayed whole and just accepted a new name. Austria-Hungary, Bengal, and Burma are some of the most popular countries that have ceased to exist in 2022.